SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

[cove]

Had Rare in the Private Room and on board it was Cristal instead of Krug. Mrscove was impressed with her A380 Suite as it was a surprise.

 

[boomy]

Had Rare in the Private Room and on board it was Cristal instead of Krug. Mrscove was impressed with her A380 Suite as it was a surprise.

Grad to hear Rare is back to TPR. When I was there in Dec was told it’s currently poured only in T2 F lounge. Was worth going there just to have few glasses, fantastic drop! I keep missing on Cristal. Was supposed to be poured on SQ345 but swapped with Krug (not that I’m complaining ).

 

[Cruiser Elite]

I keep missing on Cristal. Was supposed to be poured on SQ345 but swapped with Krug

They did you a favour

 

[cove]

Yes I missed the Krug last week when all they had was Cristal.
Krug is special and Cristal is not.

 

[Poojou]

Just off a big ol SIN - LDN and then LDN - SIN back again euro trip (Managed to avoid the ME... kinda) - cabin crew were lovely both ways, J is still a really formidable product especially on the A380 - we dropped our friends in it (first time flying J, first time in Europe) and told the purser it was their 10th anniversary - they got a whole spread of cakes, gifts and other bits and bobs it was so lovely.

We also got a tour of Suites - so lovely although if you're flying by yourself for 15 hours, I would feel a bit lonely? I'm obviously not the target audience for it haha.

Now i look forward to potentially a 'J' seat on JQ back to Melbourne this week... sigh haha

 

[aspro2]

Came in yesterday DAD-SIN-MEL. On the 737-8 from Da Nang, service was really good, with attentive communicative crew. One of the couple in front of me was celebrating a birthday and SQ (clearly pre-arranged by the partner) had a little birthday treat for her. It was surprisingly cute, and thankfully without singing. A tray was presented with two pieces of some cake, a card, some Christmas-tree-style lights, and a glass of dry-ice to create a disco mood . The only downside was that once the dry-ice had been dampened, the whole disco mood was a bit more like fog-on-moors, and I wondered if the pax might end up not being able to see each other.

The connection at SIN was a little tighter than I prefer - 1h from disembarkation, given the gates ended up being at pretty much opposite ends of Changi (F35 to C1... could have been worse though, like C26 ). It gave me the opportunity to evaluate the official walking-time estimates between sections of terminals shown on the airport map, and I'm happy to report (I'm sure others have as well in other comments/threads) that at a relatively brisk pace, I'd say the walking times are approx half of the stated times (e.g. the length of T3, from transfer A to transfer B, is stated as 11 mins, but was doable briskly in 5min, and less than that if you have "very brisk" or "jog" functions available.

Meanwhile, on the overnight flight to MEL I had selected the full chicken satay as the meal and it was really nice having a decent portion, even if the rest of catering on these "sleeper service" flights is subpar - only sweet bread/pastry, no dessert, etc, which I think is an insult for flights that ain't no cheaper.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

They did you a favour

But none for me - Krug out / Cristal in + a bloody BdB backup - Command a + but oh for the days of 2012 RWT.



And then you get msgs from a smart cough whose name begins with boomy who tells me CX HKG-LHR serving Krug and Rare in F

 

[BCons]

But none for me - Krug out / Cristal in + a bloody BdB backup - Command a + but oh for the days of 2012 RWT.

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And then you get msgs from a smart cough whose name begins with boomy who tells me CX HKG-LHR serving Krug and Rare in F

Endless arguments about that one or two glasses of champagne… meh - But what’s with that NZ-heavy wine list ? Looks like we get the same on 222 from Syd next month. I was wondering if it’s a 5th freedom flt from UnZud - a kiwi Sav Blanc, a Chardonnay, and a Pinot leavened only by one Bordeaux and a decent Barossa Shiraz. I might choke down the Pinot but everyone knows Sav Blanc isn’t a noble grape. Doesnt cellar, doesn’t improve..,

 

[boomy]

everyone knows Sav Blanc isn’t a noble grape. Doesnt cellar, doesn’t improve..,

It actually does but not the AU or NZ garbage.

 

[BCons]

It actually does but not the AU or

It actually does but not the AU or NZ garbage.

Well, only when combined with Semillon, as in bordeaux blanc. Dunno any other instances of long-lived sav on its own.

 

[dajop]

The thing is it remains popular and is a light refreshing wine for those who don’t take their wines seriously. That’s why people drink it.

 

[Steady]

Dunno any other instances of long-lived sav on its own.

Domaine A - Lady A?

 

[Mr H]

but everyone knows Sav Blanc isn’t a noble grape

Yes it is

 

[Xtrap2.0]

even if the rest of catering on these "sleeper service" flights is subpar - only sweet bread/pastry, no dessert, etc, which I think is an insult for flights that ain't no cheaper.

That’s why you don’t take Sleeper Service flights to Australia in Biz class if you can help it. And that’s also why you see SQ231 and SQ237 to their respective cities always have the most redemption space.

Not only is it bad value for miles (or worse cash) because of the reduced service of just a single tray with main dish and fruits, but even if it’s sleep you’re thinking about, there’s not enough time on these flights for a decent night of sleep anyway because they always insist on doing the breakfast 2 hours before landing. The Perth overnight flights (flown both ways) are especially bad at under 5 hours of air time, I think it would only make sense ex- Perth if you were connecting onto another flight.

The daytime flights have a four course lunch including Satays and desserts, and another refreshment service on top of that.

 

[boomy]

Well, only when combined with Semillon, as in bordeaux blanc. Dunno any other instances of long-lived sav on its own.

Premium Sancerre can age very well (and cost accordingly).